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Patented Oct. 28, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY H. BAKER, JR., OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HARVEY D. BLAKESLEE, OF SAME PLACE.

N ECKTI E-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No, 439,371, dated October 28, 1890.

Application filed February 15, 1890. Serial Nol 340,506. (No model.)

To coll whom it may con/cern.:

Be it known that I, HENRY H. BAKER, J r., a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Necktie-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the retaining devices which are more especially employed on neckties having a band encircling thecollar, and which prevent the tie from shifting out of place.

The object of my invention is to produce a cheap fastener of this character which is conveniently engaged with the collar or front collar-buttomand which may be readily detached from a worn tie and applied to a new one, if desired.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of a necktie provided with my improved fastener, the latter being shown by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a rear or inside view of the tie, showing the fastener in elevation. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the fastener. Fig. l is a perspective view of a modified construction of the fastener; and Fig. 5 a side elevation thereof, showing the same engaged with the button-hole of the collar.

Like letters ofreference refer to like parts in the several figures.

My improved fastener consists of an upright stem or shank A, which is provided at its lower end with a pin orclasp b, whereby the fastener is attached to the back of the necktie and at its upper end with a fork or bifurcated portion c, which engages under the front collar-button cl, (shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1,) and embraces with its jaws the neck or shank of the button.4 As shown in the drawings, the fork opens upwardly, and its bight or lower closed portion, bearing against the under side of the collar-button, prevents upward displacement of the tie, while the jaws of the fork, bearing against opposite sides of the button, prevent the tie from shifting sidewise. The fastener is attached to the tie at such an elevation that the fork is located at the upper end of the tie, but does not prov ject above the same.

`The upper ends of the fork c are prefer- 5o ably bent or curved outwardly, as shown in Fig. 3, to facilitate engaging the fork under the collar-button and prevent the ends of the fork from entering the button-hole of the collar. The stem or shank A is also preferably curved slightly and arranged with its convex side against the person. This construction brings the lower portion of the shank forwardly some distance and permits the fastener to be moved inward suiciently to enable its fork to be conveniently guided under the collar-button. The fork is readily passed under the button in the act of drawing up the tie into place by its band.

By providing the fastener with a pin or clasp h it is securely attached to the tie and not liable to become lost, and it is at the t same time rendered detachable, so that it may be readily transferred from one tie to another, if desired.

In the modified construction represented by Figs. 4 and 5 the fork at the upper end of the fastener is arranged in a position at right angles to that occupied by the fork of the first-described construction, and instead of engaging under the collar-button it enters the button-hole of the collar so as to bear with its bight or closed lower portion against the'upper side and ends of the button-hole, and thus hold the necktie against displacement.

The fastener is bent from a single piece of wire doubled and shaped at its center to form the fork and having its branches twisted together to form the stem, the ends of the branches terminating, respectively, in a hook or keeper and a pin, as shown, and constituting the clasp. By this construction no solder or separate parts are required, and the fastener can therefore be produced at very small cost. By this construction the stern and fork are formed of a double thickness of wire, rendering the same very stiff and not liable to be bent, and the use of solder or separate parts is avoided, thus enabling the fastener portions bent to form the pin and keeper 0E to be produced at very small oost. a clasp, substantially as set forth. 1o

I elairn- Witness my hand this 11th day of Febru- A necktie-fastener consisting of a single ary, 1890. 5 piece of doubled Wire twisted together to form HENRY H. BAKER, JR.

a stem or shank and having its upper doubled Witnesses: portion bent to form arigid fork opening np- CARL F. GEYER, Wardly in line With the stem, and its lower FRED. C. GEYER. 

